Some 15 years after the Chicago Freedom Movement of 1966, public housing remained a serious problem for the city's African American community. In one case, 14,000 people lived in a single block.

After Martin Luther King, Jr., working with the Chicago Freedom Movement, negotiated with the city of Chicago on public housing issues, some local blacks felt that he had been duped by empty promises.

He quickly became a close ally of Dr. King and played a significant role in the Chicago Freedom Movement. After Dr. King's assassination in 1968, Jackson founded Operation PUSH (People United to ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- On this Thanksgiving Day ... The aroma of turkey emanated pleasantly from the Salvation Army Freedom Center, at 825 N. Christiana Ave., on Thursday. Also emanating from the ...